Pascal Payet, nicknamed the "king of the escape by the air", was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison. Eleven other defendants, including a woman, who were also tried for attempted extortion in an organized gang and criminal association, handed down sentences of 30 months to seven years' imprisonment.
One of the six defendants who appeared free did not appear at the hearing and the presiding judge ordered an arrest warrant after handing him down a two-year sentence. Pascal Payet has already spent 28 years behind bars.